. >> afghanistan. >> afghanistan. she basically -- it was a scene from "rocky," patch me up and let me go back in there, except it was real life. extraordinary courage. she's shown extraordinary courage from the beginning. you know what, this past decade has been more frustrating for news agencies to get the real news about these wars to the american people. she's one of the real stars that has done it the right way. >> she is the real deal. that type of job is a particularly dangerous occupation, especially in that part of the world. as well as in afghanistan. the thing that strikes me is, watching the news clips, as you presented the news, is that we go so fast. the news goes so fast today, the acceleration of events, cable tv, the way we do things. if you would stop and pause to think about what's happening in that region of the world, it is astounding, country after country, libya, algeria, syria, bahrain, saudi arabia perhaps. >> you notice in the streets you see young men and women protesting. these are people i